NewStats: 3,264,528 , 8,184,015 topics. Date: Wednesday, 11 June 2025 at 12:21 PM j4x3

Tinubu did something and the country turned upside down. He needs to UNDO it.
That he is cutting down an Iroko tree or climbing the the mountain Everest for the country is not our concern.
Subsidy removal or floating of the Naira, one must be withdrawn for there to be peace in the country.
Tribal hatred, empty threats, hero worshipping, propaganda and sycophants will not achieve anything for him.

You cut down an Iroko tree and climb mountain Everest. How has this affected the masses? This is the issue at stake which non of them have addressed.

Whenever I did the wrong thing with my computer, I have to UNDO it before it can work properly again.

Tinubu did something and the economy turned upside down. He has to UNDO it to reset the economy.
Cutting down Iroko trees and climbing mountain Everest is not the solution.

NaughtyBrainiac:
I am a er of BAT and I fully everyone that intends to come out to protest peacefully.

No matter the hardship an average Nigerian goes through, people in Governemnet can NEVER understand the extent of hardship. This is because they are spending public money. It is ONLY a protest like this that can make them understand how bad things are.

As much as I have fate in BAT, I still strongly believe that he could do better than this. Better in the aspect of finding sustainable ways to ease hardship while we work on securing the future of Nigeria and Nigerians. It is paramount that Nigerians want to survive first, na perosn wey survive today go dey hope for bright future.

All these palliatives are not sustainable in any way, it is just a waste of resources. Those 2 major policies of subsidy removal and Naira floating cannot work at the same time. One must be dropped.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Thank you for understanding the issues at stake. All the tribal bigots and their illiterate government are beating about the bush.
The truth as you captured it is subsidy removal and floating of Naira must not go together. One must be dropped if Tinubu wants to make any progress.
If he like let him share one billion Naira to every Nigerian, nothing will work.
I said it somewhere here and one tribal bigots was cursing me.
I still wonder why CBN and all the ministers and the F EC, special Advisers, Heads of depts are not seeing this simple logic to help Tinubu out of the rope he ignorantly tied himself.
Floating of Naira should be dropped if Tinubu wants to make any progress QED.

No sir, Economy looters and those padding the budgets are the ones sponsoring the protest.

Your case is very real. You are not the only one going through this type of marriage. Only a few persons can understand what is involved.
You have tried, but it is still not working.
My advice is for you to refocus. You need to bring some changes to your home. If you are not working before, try to find some work that will be taking you away from the house . If you are working, try to involve in new activities that will take away from the house most times like a choir, start learning a new skill. Don't be focusing much on him or being available to him every time.
When you refocus, he will be the one to call for dialogue.

Chinkoalhaji34:
E be like say some people no sabi how democracy dey work.

Coup? In this era? Na wetin dem dey smoke?

Tinubu dey on top him game, and no amount of talk fit shake am. Make dem try, we go see who go win.

He said political coup not military coup.
This means no 2nd term for Tinubu.His own party are the ones to make it happen.

omohayek:

And here we see a brilliant exposition from one of the finest graduates of the North Korean school of economic punditry. It's impressive how you've managed to pack so many wrong-headed, economy-destroying suggestions into so few lines! All one has to do to understand Nigeria's economic predicament is understand that all the gibberish you've written is what es for "intelligent", "mainstream" opinion in this prison cage of 200 million ignoramuses.

I did not even understand what you are trying to say. If you disagree with me, you can then put up your own suggestions and theories as well. The era of fake and ambiguous talks are over. Tinubu's government is in trouble. What are your own suggestions?

Kelklein:
Dear Daily Trust, You all media are also part of the problem.. you will see white and still call it black.. because the crooked government for obvious reasons has repeated it that it is black so many times.

What Tinubu has done was not subsidy removal but price hike so that they can have more money to share..

When he announced 'subsidy is gone'.. NNPC fhe sole importer quickly adjusted their pump price to N537.. just about 1dollar then.. but when the government went further to devalue the Naira senselessly in the name harmonising the exchange rate, the BDC Black Marketers started shifting upwards as well and the CBN then without a clearcut strategy started chasing the Black Market rate at a point even overtook them until they were able to use EFCC to scare the black marketers.. we all ended up at 1600/$ today. So you see what has happened, the government had gone on a merry-go-round and landed everyone at an even difficult position than they met.. now they have to pay the difference in the pump price because the people simply can't pay in full even as they have pushed the pump price to over N800/L from N190 they met it..

What government in their right senses would allow increase in pump price of fuel by over 400% in one year.. all the name of a phantom subsidy.. even when they know they have no plan to fix the refineries..

in all of the President and his handler's speeches about this current planned protest, not a single mention of plan to open the refineries on time.. that was deliberate. They have no plan to open any refineries so that their Malta companies can sell and they can pay the so-called subsidies to themselves.

Even Dangote who just open a Refinery has to learn the hard way and started selling the crude that he imported... because he understood that there is no plan to allow anybody sell anything internally for now..
What right thinking leader would self-sabotage his own country's companies that could employ hundreds of thousands of people just so he could collect money from Importation. Why do Nigeria leaders think so narrowly and selfishly.. It's almost been like a culture for all the people have led this country, at the expense of the common masses.

You all media should learn to call a spade a spade..there is nothing like subsidy removal for now in this country.

Reality.
The only way to go now is for the government to cancel the floating of Naira. They should go back to pegging the exchange rate , then use import licensing, exchange control and other methods the CBN may deem fit to manage it.
The CBN are just wasting time dwelling on interest rate.
successive governments have tried this float at pilot level and withdrew when they saw the impact.
No need beating about the bush. The floating should be cancelled if Tinubu and his team want to be serious.

This may not be the real situation.
Even if Dangote sells at international price, what about the freight, insurance and other logistics component of the price. By the time you remove them, the price will lower significantly.
Besides, If NNPC sells crude in Naira to Dangote, they will buy the refined oil in Naira. So there is nothing to panic about.
Let's wait for Dangote to start selling first.

KingOfTheDamned:


This thing you guys are doing is not how things are done. Nobody hates him we are all saying stop sitting on the fence and the protest

We have protested by not voting for him. Let those that voted for him do their own protest now.

mohims:

You must be high on pawpaw leaves. They won't achieve anything with their protest. Mark my words and quote me anywhere. Nigeria no be Kenya. The North have already disassociated themselves from it. The great Sheikh Yahaya Jingir has advised them not to partake in it. Just dey play.
Yahaya Jingir is like a demigod in the North. The protest is dead on arrival. Obi will NEVER rule this country because the North will NEVER him. Without getting the required percentage in the North, how will he ever become president? An Igbo man can never be trusted
https://x.com/UchePOkoye/status/1812557015278842141?t=OzZW83FteaupqyzjPfjR4g&s=19

You are still deceiving yourself. The issue is not about Igbo ruling Nigeria. Tribal bigots like you are the problem of this country.
People are dying of hunger, you are here talking of Igbo man. Does it show that your brain is okay.
The Igbos said they are not interested in any protest because they did not vote for Tinubu in the first place. Tribal bigots like you keep dragging them into your senseless talks.
Nigeria does not need to be Kenya. End SARS was not from Kenya. June 12 (if you have been born then) is not from Kenya.
No one even plan for a protest and no one stops it. It is something that will just start from no where. I have participated in many protests as a student of Unilag in the 90s. I was a year ahead of Sowore . Unilag students were behind all the June 12 protests that pushed IBB out. So we know how it is.
If you love Tinubu advice him to do the right thing. Igbos should not be your problem for now , there are bigger problems at hand. The hunger in the land does not know Yoruba, Hausa or Igbo.

mohims:
We have told them countless times that Nigeria no be Kenya. You want to topple a government by starting with a protest that has hidden objectives. Una go learn the hard way. You guys will see shege pro max SE. RIP to some of them in advance. May God console their families.
Your protest won't achieve any of your objectives, instead you'll die like chickens

Mr man go and sit if you don't know what to say. Your Yoruba people are the ones that will topple him. They are the ones you should send your RIP to. Stop living in self-deception.
Go and talk Tinubu matters with just 3 Yorubas in your neighborhood and hear what they will say. Sycophants everywhere.

Rubbish advice.
You have not advised Tinubu as an APC leader on how the masses are suffering.
Now that they are getting restive, you started playing ethnic card.
Your so called leaders of Lagos and you will be consumed when it starts. Advice yourself. Leave the Igbos alone. You and your so called sleeping leaders of Lagos are the endangered species as it is now and not the Igbos.
We warned them, they said he is their tribe and religious person.
Don't drag the Igbos into it. Advice your APC and your president.
And anyone who thinks that an average Yoruba person in the street of Lagos is happy with Tinubu is living in the fools paradise.
Just leave the Igbos out of the mess you people created for the country.

Image123:


You're free to run to your echo chambers to get the so called answers that deceive you. i answered you clearly by saying to be patient about FG policies or scrutinizing your own state government for faster impact. Governance is not magic. There's no "fast" way to removing the impact of subsidy removal and flotation.

Did you know that Gen Abacha increased the price of petrol from 80k to N11 and the economy did not turn upside down. Can you figure out how many percent increase was that.
Did you also know that Obj increased the price of the same petrol up six times during his reign . Again the economy did not turn upside.
Both GEJ and Buhari also increased fuel price without destroying the economy.
They all planned and consulted
The Agboro style of PBAT is the real problem. His body language says that he has nothing to offer.
Again if you know the difference between micro and macro policies, you will not be talking of state governments.
Give PBAT 20 years, nothing will change. It will only get worse. You cannot not give what you don't have.
So stop defending nonsense.

Image123:


Was the country doing well before May 29, 2023? No. Nothing was turned upside down. The thing that happened though was that fuel subsidy was removed and the currency floated. These are two things that people have been calling for for years but there was no one with the courage to do it, because of the implications like what we are currently experiencing. All the major candidates promised to do these teo things during election campaigns. Only ignorant people like you did not know that it will be this painful. Stop letting politicians decieve you about an easier way out.
Your state governors have the power to connect your life to good more easily. Ask them to do better in your state and local governments. They will touch you faster than FG. If you have patience, wait for FG instead.

You did not answer the questions I asked you. You are still taking nonsense. This why I prefer to be in Quora or Reddit, rather than Nairaland that is filled with sycophants and ethnic bigots.
Look at the nonsense you are saying.

Hopeless advice.
If we don't the protest, it is because we saw the disaster ahead and warned our people. But tribalism and religion blinded them. Now the jungle is matured and everybody is feeling it.
Just yesterday, a Yoruba friend said that it is now that he understands why the Igbos did not both Buhari and Tinubu.
I said Toh!

Hopeless advice.
If we don't the protest, it is because we saw the disaster from afar and warned our people. But religion and tribalism blinded them. Now the jungle has matured and everybody is feeling it.
Just last week, a Yoruba friend of mine said that, it is now that he understands why the Igbos did not both Buhari and Tinubu.
I said Toh.

jyz200:
Everybody blaming the president
Untill Nigeria start holding their state governor responsible
Untill you start holding your senator responsible
All your representatives responsible until will change
Imagine a big state like oyo state can't even feed herself, what has the Governor done to salvage the situation
All of them blaming the federal government

You think that you are making sense?
Give the exclusive list of powers to the States and then we shall hold them responsible.
The FG cannot hold exclusive powers over customs, immigration, currency, army, police and all macro indices and you exclude them to hold state governments able.
Did you understand how economy operates.

millionaireman:


Some groups in Nigeria survived the civil war when food blockade was used as instrument of war against Biafra.
Those Nigerian groups today must have developed thick skin against hunger.

Believe me, the situation was not like this during the civil war in the East. You know that God has a way of providing for his people. There were abundant supply of bush meats and vegetables. The land was also over fertile that crops multiple and mature in one month.

Image123:
Act fast, How? Rome was not built in a day, the president didn't promise to build Nigeria in a day either.
Increase funding and for the healthcare and education sectors. Is it not during budgets that this is done? Were they not significantly increased in last year's budget? Have you heard about what is going on in the health sector, have you heard about student loans being rolled out? Have you heard about consumer credit? Have you heard about the different times grains and palliatives have been distributed (which is not a good way to solve problems from previous experience)? Have you heard about what is coming up in the petroluem sector, gas sector and the energy sectors? People think changing Nigeria is like starting a car engine, just turn the key already and we are in paradise. If anyone needs to act fast, i think it is the state governments.

You think that you are making sense. How long did it take your president to turn the country upside down. He did not even sit on that seat before he did it. And now you think that he needs 100 years to make one positive impact on the masses.
All the audio policies you mentioned, what are their impact on the masses, that's the relevant question.
Keep on playing your sycophants game until it will be late.
I hope that during election, you ask people to vote only for their state governments so that they will be the ones to hold responsible.
Just De play, a stitch in time saves mine.

MrPOTUS:




People hardly mock the elderly in this part of the world, an old man in distress will receive help from everyone around him.

But the case of BAT is different, we all know he's not fit and too old to be heading this country, but he still doesn't want to rest.

See how he's destroying d country with reckless abandon and causing massive hunger across the nation

So, he shouldn't expect public sympathy, but mockery from the public when he gets into distress.

Some people are even praying he dies

God have mercy on us o

REALITY! No love lost between us and our tormentors.

nolamicautos:
If Nigerians truly understood how the world views them, we would be compelled to hold our heads in shame and stay silent. The actions of some Nigerian youths and the government's shortcomings have severely tarnished our global reputation through rising incidents of fraud and other illegal activities. If this trend continues unchecked, it is only a matter of time before external forces take significant actions against us.

You are right. Na tribalism and religion cause am.

JagabanB:

So what are the positive changes in Kenya so far?
U all don't even know how to make comparisons.
Few weeks ago it was Nigerians praising Kenya and how Ruto is a great leader.

Is he not a great leader? Has your own president did anything since the people started complaining of hunger in this his istration?

Vinnie2000:


A statue is just a Representative of a Great Personality.
To remind us of the Person's Great Deeds.

In foreign countries, There are Statues of Van Damme, Sylvester Stallone, Thierry Henry, etc.

It Does NOT mean such statues should be reverted or worshipped.

In Catholic church, It is Same. Statues are NOT be worshipped.

Just to remind us of Christ.

God said don't do it. So will you listen to God or foreign countries?

johnjose68:


This is a good news.
The i.pob miscreants will avoid the thread.

What is good about the news?

just De play.
E go rich everybody soon.

Emusan:


It took Argentina President less than 6 months who was sworn in in December to take the country inflation from 25.5℅ down to 4.5℅ without adding a single digit to the inflation.

Now, the report is that Argentina has experience the first week without inflation in 30years.

Yet see what you fake lovers of Nigeria are celebrating ordinary projection and if this same projection failed, you come with the different excuses.

It still surprises me that given the situation of things and the resources and powers of the government , Tinubu and his crew don't know what do to give hope to the people and bring this situation under control.
Everyone knows that, it is not about fiscal or monetary policies. Focus on Agriculture and security at this time to stabilize the economy , but nothing is happening.
Just talking of presidential fleets , costal road to nowhere vp's quarters and irrelevant projections. it is indeed a very pathetic and hopeless situation.

imam07:
is happening in your village too every minutes just dat your region dey cover up crimes of your brothers. Here we go expose those who do it. That is why u people can see it on media. South west here we live close to each other so is hard to commit crime and not be caught. Unlike the east that house are far away from each other. Rituals happening everywhere where so keep quiet like as if d same is not happening in your region

There is something called territorial division of labour. The South East is into drugs, counterfeiting and 419.
The North is into banditry, book Haram, religious fanaticism and killings.
South West is not dragging Skull mining, rituals , local 419 and swindling with anybody.

Wallade:


The Palestinians have been oppressed, harassed, humiliated, despised and discriminated by Israel for long.

The psychology and mentality of the average Palestinians has become toxic and wired against Israel due to the treatment over the years. The Palestinians have made mistakes and attacked a superior power in the person of Israel and they have been decimated. However, the mentality of hatred, anger and elimination towards Israel remains with them and perhaps will be transferred to future and younger generation.

This is not good for peace, league of nations
and international community. Someone or some people has/have to stop this killings and destruction of lives and properties.

The war between Israelites and Palestinians must be stopped with sustainable peace in focus. How?

The solution is an independent Palestinian nation as we have an independent Israel nation. The respect of international laws, ethics and understanding between the both nations in their relationship with themselves and other nations in the world.

You don't know the history of that region well. You said that Israel were the ones harassing the Palestinians.
The Palestinians occupied that land before the present Israel were resettled there from all over Europe in 1948. The Palestinians resisted the resettlement till this day. They started the war against Israel from the first day the first set of people landed.
The attack of 7 October by Hamas was not a mistake as you claim. it has been happening since 1948 and Israel always reacted they way they are doing now.
The Christians do not think that there will be an end to it or peace between them because the Bible prophecize these their hatred for each other.

RandomFellow:
I'm not a Tinubu er, but NLC are so unrealistic with their demands! Are they aware that increasing the minimum wage actually means increasing the salaries of everyone employed by the government? Where do they expect the federal government or even state governors to get such funds? Imagine the cleaner earning 30 is now earning 250k; what do you expect a supervisor earning 80k to start earning? 300k? Now, what will a deputy director earn? 500k?750? Director? Perm sec? Where will Naija get such kind of money to pay people that will still expect tips for them to do their jobs? Abeg make NLC go sidon🙄🙄🙄

Your statement and questions are baseless. Is Tinubu the first person to rule Nigeria?Or is it the first time you are hearing of minimum wage. The people follows their leader with the style he brings up. Since Tinubu choose to be reckless, everything other things will be reckless as well. Was Tinubu realistic when he started removing subsidy and floating Naira when he has not even taking the seat?
He has continued like that, his body language and actions so far showed that he does not care about the people. And you want Labour to be realistic?
Let Tinubu be realistic first. Even the countrys at war are not like Nigeria is now. So stop blaming the Labour union.

flokii:
Doyin Okupe wouldn't have done anything different.

Buhari removed fuel subsidy before handing over to PBAT.. subsidy paymemt wasn't in the budget for 2023 when Tinubu came in. The sore losers blaming PBAT over subsidy removal, especially those Northerners going on TV programs are only playing petty politics. PBAT being the smart politician that he is decided to echo "No more subsidy" in his swearing in speech to send clear message to those who might want to lobby for subsidy to be reintoduced for their own selfish gains.

Soon Nigerians will appreciate PBAT when some of our refineries become fully functional and we won't have to rely on import of petroleum products again.

With PBAT's drive in infrastructure and ability in the solid minerals sector, Nigerians will soon start rejoicing. Those who know the man's brilliance when he was Lagos State Governor are at peace knowing Nigeria is in capable hands.

Man why do you keep defending nonsense? It still what the analogy is saying. Keep on driving infrastructure until you and the infrastructure will sink into the bottom, nonsense.

Wallade:


Newsflash, it is not up to Israel to decide the destiny of the Palestinians with respect to becoming a nation in the world.

It is up to the league of nations, the will eventually be a Palestine nation.

Mark my words today.

You and Israelites can fight it but you will not succeed.

The Palestinians missed it in 1948. At that point, UN proposed the two states solutions and even allocate a larger part of Jerusalem to them. They refused thinking that their Arab brothers would help them to flush out Israel. That did not happen. Israel turned the table against. As of today, they have been completely pushed out of Jerusalem.
They just exist in Gaza and some scattered settlement outside Jerusalem. Is that where they will form the State of Palestine. As far as America retain their veto power , there will be no state for the Palestinians. The Bible prophecize all these some 3000 years ago. Israel are God's people, no nation mess with them.

Wallade:


Just tell me how I am fooling myself and I want you to make sense since I don't make sense on the thread.

I am waiting to hear you ohhhhhh

Israel cannot allow Palestinians to be an independent state because they are terrorists. Their sole aim is to exterminate the Jews so get that clear. Your enemy is not your friend.
Now, you're talking of women and children. When Hamas and Hezebolla threw 1000 mlssels overnight to Israel, did they consider women and children?
So why do you want Israel to now consider women and children.
Note that in war every thing is fair and square. Tell Hamas not to start what they cannot finish.